There are a lot of factors at work when Claymont’s Tyler Warner and Dustin Warner head to wrestling practice every day.

They’re the first two wrestlers in the Mustangs’ lineup every time out, so that makes them natural drill partners at practice.

They’re also brothers, which makes for some fun days at practice.

“There’s somebody mad all the time,” Claymont coach Eric Toukonen said with a laugh. “There has to be somebody taken down and whoever it is gets mad.”

The two have worked well enough together to earn back-to-back spots at this week’s state wrestling tournament.

Tyler, Claymont’s 106-pound freshman, has a record of 36-5. Dustin qualified for the state meet as an undersized 120-pounder last year. The 113-pound junior has a record of 42-2 this year.

Both won district titles at Heath on Saturday and they are among six Claymont wrestlers headed for the state meet.

“Towards the end of the week, it gets long,” Dustin said of the grind of wrestling his brother on a daily basis. “He’s getting tougher, but I can still take him.”

“It’s tough knowing I have to wrestle my brother every day,” Tyler said. “I can’t let up at all, but we have great captains on this team and they keep us all moving.”

The two are part of a strong group of lightweights the Mustangs field.

Junior Cody Burcher won his third district title and has finished second at the state meet two years in a row.

He joins the group that often drills with the Warner brothers.

“It’s pretty much like wrestling in a district tournament every day,” said Burcher, who has compiled a record of 41-2 at 126 pounds this season. “You never get a break.

“Plus, Luke (Langdon, a four-time state placer and recent graduate) comes in to drill with us.

“They always tell us if you can get a takedown in our room, you can take anybody down. One takedown in there is equals three outside the room.”

Toukonen appreciates the competition and pointed out that it makes his team stronger.

“When you think about it, probably 95 percent of the time they practice, they’re facing somebody tougher than they’ll see during the season and we wrestle some pretty tough competition,” he said. “Then you throw in brother against brother and it’s an all-out war in there some days.”

Senior Drew Avery (138) pounds also won a district title last week, while Drew Dillon (132) and Matt Dennis (170) also advanced to the state meet for the Mustangs.